Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
Philippians 3:12-15
Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
Sermon Series:
1. Challenges to Accept.
2. Enemies to Defeat.
3. Dangers to Avoid.
4. Opportunities to Take.
5. Attitudes to Develop.
Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
Last week the lesson was:
Challenges to Accept
1. Making a difference in the world.
2. Evangelizing our communities.
3. Abiding in the word of God.
4. Developing leadership.
Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
We must defeat the enemy of…
IGNORANCE
Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
Ignorance causes:
1. Us to be lost (Mt. 13:15).
2. Us not to do right (Amos 3:10).
3. Us to follow the wrong path (Isa. 59:8).
4. Us to please ourselves (Rom. 10:3).
5. God’s wrath to come upon us
(Zech. 7:11,12).
Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
We must defeat the enemy of…
UNBELIEF
Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
We must defeat the enemy of…
APATHY
Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
We must defeat the enemy of…
SIN
Moving the Church Forward
Enemies to Defeat
For the church to move forward, we must
recognize and defeat our enemies.
Four great enemies of the church are:
Ignorance… Unbelief… Apathy… Sin.
These are all enemies that we can do
something about.
WILL YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE?